Further South is the temple city of Madurai. The Goddess here is Menaakshi. In shakthi worship, the Goddess here is identified as Rajamaathangi or mantrini, the minister of Lalithathripura sundari. Worship of this form confers on the devotee skill in music. Rajamaathangi is adept in playing the vallaki and hence she is the creator of the ten kinds of gamakas of the vina," Vinaavaadhana dhashagamaka kriye." According to legends, she came to the earth as the daughter of the Pandya king Malayadhwaja. Dikshithar hails her as "Malayadhwaja Paandyaraaja thanaye." The goddess here is greenish in colour. That is "marakathachaaaye. This kshetra is called kadamba vana - forest of the kadamba trees. kadhamba is the sthala vrksha of Madurai. He says of this as "kadhambavanvaasini" and the city as "madhuraapuri nilaye." The Goddess dwells here with her consort Sundaresha, "Mahaadeva Sundareshapriye." Her brother, Vishnu comes across Vaigai from the nearby temple of Azhagarkoil. He is referred to in "madhumuraripu sodhari," the sister of the enemy of the demons Madhu and Mura ie Vishnu." The sthala bakshi is the parrot and those who visit the Minaakshi temple can see the parrots inside a screened enclosure, maintained by the temple.